Finished up another semester. \u00a0First time in quite some time…ever?…that I taught a full semester and didn’t fail a single student. \u00a0Not sure how I feel about that.<\/p>\n
People fretted way too much about the 15\/40 Rule<\/a>. \u00a0Ironically, it only affected a handful of people, and the ones who were affected only lost a point or two. \u00a0So I’m going to tighten it up: \u00a0it’ll heretofore be known as The<\/strong> 10\/30 Rule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Overall, it was a fun semester. \u00a0One thing to note: \u00a0my 3 Economics sections were 1\/4, 1\/2, and 3\/4 Music Business majors (who are required to take the class). \u00a0The best section–they asked the most questions, got the most into it, and performed the best–was the one which was 1\/2 Music Business majors. \u00a0Which pretty much serves as confirmation that the % Music Business majors has nothing to do with how good a class is.<\/p>\n I’ll also declare success on eliminating the Economics midterm. \u00a0It made timing less awkward, feed up 2 hours of class time, and allowed for larger, more challenging take-home quizzes during the semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finished up another semester. \u00a0First time in quite some time…ever?…that I taught a full semester and didn’t fail a single student. \u00a0Not sure how I feel about that. People fretted way too much about the 15\/40 Rule. \u00a0Ironically, it only affected a handful of people, and the ones who were affected only lost a point … Continue reading